A Pictorial History of ASA

A Trip Down Memory Lane as
ASA Celebrates 20+ Years.

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First Annual ASA Hall of Fame Dinner - October 30, 1984
(l.to r.) ASA Hall of Famers Don Dunphy and Howard Cosell, ASA President Lou Schwartz and former Chairman of Madison Square Garden Sonny Werblin present President Ronald Reagan with the ASA's first Graham McNamee Award at the White House
 
Former New York Knick Walt "Clyde" Frazier (l.) and former Light-Heavyweight Champion boxer Michael Spinks at ASA's first annual Hall of Fame Dinner - 10/30/84
 
"(l. to r.) Legendary boxing announcer Don Dunphy accepts the Hall of Fame Award from ASA President Lou Schwartz, Vice President and ABC sportscaster Curt Gowdy, and former Chairman of Madison Square Garden Sonny Werblin at the ASA's first annual Hall of Fame Dinner - 10/30/84
 

 
Second Annual ASA Hall of Fame Dinner - December 11, 1985
The 1985 ASA Hall of Fame Inductees (l. to r.) Mel Allen, Curt Gowdy, and Jack Brickhouse with ASA President Lou Schwartz at the Second Annual ASA Hall of Fame Dinner, 12/11/85
 
The 1985 ASA Honorees: (l. to r.) Sportscaster of the Year Vin Scully, Sports Personality of the Year John Madden, and Humanitarian Award recipient and former Treasury Secretary William E. Simon with ASA President Lou Schwartz
 

 
 
Third Annual ASA Hall of Fame Dinner - November 18, 1986
The 1986 ASA Hall of Fame Inductee Lindsey Nelson (r.) with ASA President Lou Schwartz
 
The 1986 ASA Sportscaster of the Year Dick Enberg (l.) with ASA Hall of Famer Curt Gowdy
 
Former First Lady Nancy Reagan and ASA President Lou Schwartz with anti-drug poster and essay contest participants Kevin Mitchell and Betsy Alicea
 
Former Baseball Commissioner Peter Ueberroth (l.) with former New York Yankee All-Star Dave Winfield
 
 

 
 
Fourth Annual ASA Hall of Fame Dinner - December 3, 1987
Former Vice President of Marketing for Anheuser Busch and ASA dinner General Chairman Michael J. Roarty addresses the crowd.
 
Former Baseball Commissioner Peter Ueberroth (r.) presents former U.S. Secretary of Education William J. Bennett with the ASA Humanitarian Award.
 
President of CBS Sports Sean McManus (r.) accepts the ASA Hall of Fame award on behalf of his father, Jim McKay, from Curt Gowdy.
 
General William Westmoreland (l.) with the ASA's first International Hall of Fame Inductee Japanese sportscaster Masao Hazama (r.) and his interpreter.
 
 
ASA Hall of Famers Jack Brickhouse and Curt Gowdy, the 1987 ASA Sportscaster of the Year Dick Enberg, and ASA Hall of Famers Don Dunphy and Mel Allen
 
 
 

 
 
Fifth Annual ASA Hall of Fame Dinner - December 13, 1989
ASA Chairman Dick Enberg (l.) with ASA Sportscaster of the Year Bob Costas
 
Graham McNamee Award recipient Bill White (l.) accepts award from Voice od the Detroit Tigers Ernie Harwell
 
(l. to r.) Sports Personality of the Year Awardee Dick Vitale shares a laugh with the Voice of Boxing Don Dunphy and ASA President Lou Schwartz
 
(l. to r.)The Voice of the Chicago Cubs Jack Brickhouse and talk show host Larry King congratulate the 1989 ASA Hall of Fame inductee Harry Caray
 
 
 

 
 
Sixth Annual ASA Hall of Fame Dinner - November 29, 1990
(l. to r.) Baseball greats Yogi Berra and Stan Musial with the 1990 ASA Hall of Fame inductee Jack Buck
 
Former Vice President Dan Quayle (l.) and ASA President Lou Schwartz present the ASA "Hero of the Year" award to David Opont, who was almost burned to death because he refused to take drugs. Master of Ceremonies Larry King looks on.
 
Former Vice President Dan Quayle (l.), former "Monday Night Football" sportscaster Frank Gifford and his wife, talk show host Kathie Lee.
 

 

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